Road ministry targets to fix 9,000 accident black spots on NHs by March next year, says secretary

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a hard target to fix 9,000 accident-prone black spots on national highways (NHs) by March next year, said its secretary Anurag Jain on Wednesday.

About 4,000 black spots have been rectified in the last three years, said Jain.

“At present, more than 9,000 black spots have been identified…The ministry has set a challenging target of March 2025 to rectify all black spots in the country,” he said, reported PTI.